Forum Member. For an obscure technical reason that often works. This is probably unintentional, and would be being produced by badly set up or maintained equipment being used by, for example,  a less than totally meticulous local taxi firm or radio amatuer or even a pirate radio station!! We have tried pinging Channel 5 website using our server and the website returned the above results. The reflected signal takes a longer path to get to your aerial, and so takes a longer time, thus arriving at the aerial slightly later than the original. Here you see what is going on. We've recently been having lots of problems with no satellite signal being received messages, breakups when watching tv and failed recordings due to no signal/technical faults. On the up side, it may actually tell you what it thinks is wrong!Call          Channel Four Viewer Enquiries on 020 7306 8333 Can't watch TV? In these cases, the only action that can be officially taken is by the Radiocomunications Agency, whose job it is to track down the sources of this type of interference. I am in the south Sunset district in SF and have not been able to watch or have lost signal issues with Channel 4 over broadcast for 3 days. The first thing we recommend is that you try channel *10*. Simply bulldoze the offending hill flat and all may be well.

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We have tried pinging Channel 4 website using our server and the website returned the above results.

If channel5.com is down for us too there is nothing you can do except waiting. This has caused some viewers to have poor or no signal for KDFW and KDFI. 4od (4 on demand) If you’re having problems receiving Channel 4 with an antenna, here are a few hints. If the screen is clean black, then there is a fault with the supply of the picture before it gets to the transmitter. This may be caused by a reflection from some large object such as a building, or the side of a hill or even a clump of trees. How do you rate Channel 4 over the past 3 months? You can rest assured that we will know about this and will fix it asap!This diagnostic ritual is somewhat complicated nowadays by the tendency of modern TVs to do their own thing when they lose an input.

If channel4.com is down for us too there is nothing you can do except waiting.

It may give a 'blue screen' or maybe the clean black screen mentioned above. The effect as seen on the screen is a sort of 'snowy' picture with little white dots appearing  randomly all over the screen. Usually this occurs when, as well as the 'direct' line-of-sight signal, an additional signal from the same transmitter is received. © Ookla, LLC. This assumes of course that the set is actually switched on - it has been known! So this may also solve the echo problem. This then is displayed on your TV as another, weaker picture, slightly displaced from the main picture.

The longer the aerial, the more directional it is. We recommend KDFI Channel 27 viewers watch 27.1 on 4.3. The first thing we recommend is that you try channel *10*. Probably the server is overloaded, down or unreachable because of a network problem, outage or a website maintenance is in progress... Can't Access Channel 4 - Troubleshooting Instructions.

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As you move the direction of the aerial away from the line of sight to the transmitter, the signal strength will start to deteriorate, but you may find that there is a particular direction where the main signal is still strong enough, and the reflected signal has reduced to such a level that it is no longer a nuisance.Alternatively, a longer aerial may solve the problem. Before you do anything else, try manually punching in channel 10. TV watching

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster. Also you may want to try rotating the aerial slightly on its axis (if the mounting allows you to do this), as the polarisation ( the direction that the signal waggles) of the reflected signal may have been affected.In extremis, it may be necessary to change to a different transmitter, but this may not always be possible. There could be many reasons for this:This can take many forms, though usually it appears as moving curved lines, the so-called 'herringbone' pattern, or as a series of white sparkly horizontal lines. This is known as an 'echo'.The obvious way of removing this problem is to remove the cause. Signal Problems - Mainly E4/Channel 4. magga Posts: 271. Is there a fault with the signal? For an obscure technical reason that often works. Or you could try both tricks....It has been known to move the aerial to point directly at the reflection, and get rid of the main signal altogether, but this is unusual. Your local TV dealer or aerial installer will be able to help you. If it doesn’t, the next thing I’d try is to scan for channels again. In these conditions, there is very little that can be done (except of course by the electricity supply company) but just sit back and wait. 4 On demand down? If the screen is full of snow, and the other channels are the same, then the chances are that there is an electricity supply problem at the transmitter affecting all channels. The curved (or sometimes diagonal) lines are caused by another transmission  on a frequency the same as that which the channel you are watching is using. This is caused by lack of signal strength at the aerial input to your TV.

03/10/09 - 17:30 in Technical #1. 'Noisy pictures' may sound a bit cock-eyed, but the same thing that produces 'shash' noises on the programme sound, also affect the pictures. If neither of those help.. We have found most reception problems can be traced to the antenna.

By law, we are required to ask your consent to show the content that is normally displayed here. Your report was successfully submitted. Hi everyone, Hopefully one of you guys can help me out here.

If it doesn’t, the next thing I’d try is to scan for channels again.